Paul Harrod

CEO

Paul is an experienced social entrepreneur who co-founded the homelessness social enterprise Aspire in 1999, and more recently was the founder of the Together Social Business Group, which creates full-time jobs for ex-offenders by bringing empty properties back into use.  Paul worked at the University of Bristol’s Research and Enterprise Development for six years, and helped support early-stage technology and social impact businesses.  He is a long-standing trustee and non-executive director, and currently sits on the board of the Sir Halley Stewart Trust, the Castle School Education Trust and Wesport.

 Sally Good

Director of Services

Sally originally set up ASSIST as a public health programme in the NHS following the successful randomised controlled trial. In 2010 she helped to form Evidence to Impact. Sally has a wealth of knowledge about smoking prevention and all aspects of tobacco public policy. Her background in both education, as a teacher, and public health, as a programme manager has given her valuable insights into both commissioning and delivery. A people person through and through, she loves keeping up to date with our customers and stakeholders both in the UK, and latterly, overseas as ASSIST is now being piloted in France!

 Ashley Lee

Researcher

Ashley has an undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology and a Masters by Research in Psychology from the University of Bristol. She conducts literature reviews to identify new public health interventions and also leads on background research for market appraisals and business plans we are commissioned to produce. In her spare time, she is passionate about all food-related things, as well as being an avid festival-goer. Contact Ashley if you know of any evidence-based interventions that may be of interest to us. 

 Liz Sourbutts

Associate

Liz is an exceptional trainer and project manager who has specialised in the fields of Education, Public Health, and the Charity sector.

In a previous life, she was a Children's Public Health Specialist, focusing on drugs education for primary education establishments, secondary and alternative provisions. She also delivered the ASSIST programme for several years.

One of her highlights during this time is working with and accompanying a young group of students to BAFTA in London, where they scooped an award as part of the Cut Films national campaign, for their design and production of a creative short film to encourage their peers against taking up smoking.

Liz holds a CMI level 5 in Management and Leadership and is an advocate for challenging herself both professionally and personally, committed to her own and other people’s development. In her spare time, she loves an up-cycle project and can often be found scouring the local shops for a creative challenge.

 Chris Mould

Chair

Chris has over thirty years’ experience developing and leading organisations in the public and voluntary sector. Chris is passionate about social justice and tackling the underlying causes of health inequalities. 

Chris spent the last 10 years working with the Shaftesbury Partnership and leading The Trussell Trust, as they created and developed the UK Foodbank Network.

In his earlier career, Chris held both Chief Executive and Chairman roles at local and national level. He was Chief Executive of Salisbury Healthcare NHS Trust for ten years and the founding Chairman of Healthwork UK.

Chris has led twenty-four start-ups and mergers. With particular expertise in translating public policy into practice, he has worked with the highest levels of government both in the UK and in the European Union.

 Annie Clarke

Associate Trainer

Annie has over 12 years experience designing and delivering learning solutions across the charity, public and private sectors. She has worked as a freelance trainer for 5 years, whilst also holding roles at the Institute of Fundraising and The Children’s Society.

As well as delivering Train the Trainers for ASSIST and carrying out Quality Assurance observations, Annie will also put together bespoke training to meet the broad range of needs and interests of our customers.

 Kirsty Johnston

Associate Trainer

Kirsty started her career as a secondary school teacher before transferring those skills to the NHS over 10 years ago.  Since then, she has held several posts in Public Health coordinating programmes (including ASSIST) and developing resources in tobacco harm reduction, specifically those that reduce the uptake of smoking in young people.

Based in Scotland, Kirsty is well placed to deliver training and carry out Quality Assurance visits to our customers North of the border. 

 Fenella Dyson

Associate Trainer

Fen was one of the two Trial Co-ordinators for the original ASSIST randomised controlled trial from 2001 to 2006, and as such has a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the programme.  Having studied social psychology at undergraduate level and then completed a PhD in mental health with the University of Bristol, Fenella worked as a researcher in health and social care in the Bristol area for twelve years before taking a career break to have children.

Fen's areas of school-based work include smoking prevention, drug education, and Healthy Schools. As a French speaker, Fen has supported with material translation and training for the roll-out of ASSIST in France.